Stock markets lose nerve on fears of end to quantitative easing – The GuardianPosed On May 24th, 2013

The Guardian
Stock markets lose nerve on fears of end to quantitative easing The Guardian Michael Hewson, senior market analyst at financial spread-betting company CMC Markets UK, said: “There was an expectation after Bernanke’s testimony on Capitol Hill that the latest Fed minutes wouldn’t add too much to overall market expectations around Fed’s Symmetric Rhetoric to Boost USDCity Index all 1,184 news articles »
Source:Stock markets lose nerve on fears of end to quantitative easing – The Guardian
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FEATURE: US debottlenecking sparks crude differential spread wars – PlattsPosed On May 22nd, 2013

The Nation
FEATURE: US debottlenecking sparks crude differential spread wars Platts This had traders constantly eyeing the spread, or price difference, between US benchmark WTI and North Sea Brent, pushing WTI from its traditional premium over Brent to a discount where it has held for several years. The flip in relationships between UPDATE 8-Oil falls on rising US gasoline stocksReuters UK WTI Crude Drops a Second Day as US Supplies Gain a Fourth WeekBloomberg UPDATE 6-Brent, US crude fall on strong USD, gasolineYahoo!7 News iStockAnalyst (press release) all 104 news articles »
Source:FEATURE: US debottlenecking sparks crude differential spread wars – Platts
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FEATURE: Narrowing Brent-WTI spread causing concern to refiners, Alaska – PlattsPosed On May 17th, 2013

 
FEATURE: Narrowing Brent-WTI spread causing concern to refiners, Alaska Platts The narrowing of the ICE Brent-NYMEX light crude (WTI) contract spread has become a cause for concern for refiners and states dependent on crude oil production for revenue, according to a survey of US refiners and trading sources. The Brent-WTI spread and more »
Source:FEATURE: Narrowing Brent-WTI spread causing concern to refiners, Alaska – Platts
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CFD Trading Rises in France on Financial-Transaction Tax – BloombergPosed On May 16th, 2013

 
CFD Trading Rises in France on Financial-Transaction Tax Bloomberg The U.K., home to Europe’s biggest financial center, charges stamp duty on equity transactions. The number of investors using financial-spread betting and CFDs in the U.K. in the 12 months through July 2012 climbed 4.5 percent to 92,000, according to
Source:CFD Trading Rises in France on Financial-Transaction Tax – Bloomberg
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WTI-Brent spread closed last week at narrowest point since 4Q11 – Market Realist (blog)Posed On May 12th, 2013

Market Realist (blog)
WTI-Brent spread closed last week at narrowest point since 4Q11 Market Realist (blog) On Friday, the spread closed to its narrowest level since December 2011. From a long-term perspective, the spread remains relatively wide, as historically the two crudes had traded at par. When the spread was trading at ~$20/barrel many market UPDATE 8-Brent oil closes higher after late gainsReuters Brent Crude Rises on Syria as WTI Spread WidensBloomberg WTI Crude Drops a Second Day; Goldman Sees Brent Gap NarrowingBusinessweek Peninsula On-line -Wall Street Journal all 332 news articles »
Source:WTI-Brent spread closed last week at narrowest point since 4Q11 – Market Realist (blog)
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IG Poised to Widen Market for Spread Bets on Bitcoin – CNBC.comPosed On May 12th, 2013

CNBC.com
IG Poised to Widen Market for Spread Bets on Bitcoin – CNBC.com CNBC.com The biggest spread-betting operator in the UK by sales said that betting on Bitcoin had turned into “one of the more popular specialist markets” IG has ever offered, attracting hundreds of trades each week. David Jones, IG’s chief market strategist and more »
Source:IG Poised to Widen Market for Spread Bets on Bitcoin – CNBC.com – CNBC.com
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Risk and reward: Contracts for difference and spread-betting – CITY A.M.Posed On May 7th, 2013

 
Risk and reward: Contracts for difference and spread-betting CITY A.M. But while CFDs tend to be linked to real assets such as shares, commodities or currencies, spread-betting “takes place on markets made across a far wider range of activities – for example the outcome of sporting events,” according to the Financial
Source:Risk and reward: Contracts for difference and spread-betting – CITY A.M.
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Spain and France Facing Huge Unemployment – The Market OraclePosed On May 5th, 2013

 
Spain and France Facing Huge Unemployment The Market Oracle As in spread betting and contract for difference, the end product of the austerity program is determined by the accuracy of the European wager on diminishing national deficits rather than on addressing the unemployment problem. CFD trading is making an
Source:Spain and France Facing Huge Unemployment – The Market Oracle
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CBOE Brings In Tech Help After More Glitches – Wall Street JournalPosed On May 3rd, 2013

Financial News
CBOE Brings In Tech Help After More Glitches Wall Street Journal Some “spreadtrading strategies were unavailable to traders for the first half-hour of trading Thursday, according to notices sent to traders by the exchange. Parent CBOE Holdings Inc. runs the busiest U.S. options exchange in terms of contracts Some Options Trading Delayed at CBOE – NASDAQ.comNASDAQ CBOE Commemorates One Week Anniversary Of Snafu With New, Shorter DealBreaker CBOE brings In tech help after more glitches – Financial NewsFinancial News all 16 news articles »
Source:CBOE Brings In Tech Help After More Glitches – Wall Street Journal
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IG poised to widen market for spread bets on Bitcoin – Financial TimesPosed On April 30th, 2013

 
IG poised to widen market for spread bets on Bitcoin Financial Times IG Group is set to extend its service allowing customers to bet on the wildly fluctuating price of Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has captivated the interest of speculators and divided spread betting operators. The popularity of Bitcoin bets on IG and more »
Source:IG poised to widen market for spread bets on Bitcoin – Financial Times
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